So it was on Tuesday, 16th of February, think the mid week fixtures of EPL and ECL will surely take away my job someday. Thank god it was not on Wednesday, otherwise could have missed my early morning meeting (10:30 AM too early for me :P).
OK, other then the fact ... whole match was dominated by United, AC were good in patches well almost brilliant. The classy Ronaldinho showed that his show is not over yet, thanks to VDS otherwise it could have been a different story all-together, happens the case if Fabianski was there b/w the United goal post.
Looking at the over all match performance, think Nesta is still one of the classy Italian defender, Seedorf is still lethal and deadly, and Beckham lustre was not there on the field as it is was there in the pre-match interviews. The three lions possessor was nearly absent in the AC midfield, still beleive AC wasted Seedorf, not including him in the starting line up. A back flick from Seedorf was all that needed in the AC camp to come over a 2 goal deficit. But, good to see it came late ... otherwise that match would have been a different story all-together.
The aging AC Milan side was brilliant in fragments. First five minutes then at the death, there show was energetic. On the downside, AC displayed a horrible defensive show at the back and some poor coordination between goalie and the last line of defense ... for the United third goal. You rarely see that kind of poor defensive show by AC defenders, who have a glorious pedigree at the defensive line. An unmarked Rooney was clearly an invitation to cast doom upon themselves, still believe AC took Rooney too lightly and it was seriously absurd as he was the lone striker. May be AC defenders were too week to contain him (exception Nesta who was brilliant and johnny was poor :P).
I am so eagerly awaiting the away fixture of AC at OT on 10th of march 2010. Lets see what strategy they come up with. I believe Seedorf will replace some-one in midfield as he was awesome that night. In spite of a awesome show in the mid-field AC really failed to capitalize the opportunity in front of the goal. The coming clash, believe will be an eye catcher with a packed OT, I am still hopeful to see Rooney bald head to shine and some nice crossing from Valencia.
